Good day everyone! This is the second part of this interesting series, titled, How To Overcome The Fear Of Public Speaking As An Entrepreneur. Knowing how to speak publicly is a must for any entrepreneur who wants to become successful in life. Check out Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and so on, they all know how to speak publicly, because they have to convince shareholders, motivate their employees and list goes on and on. In this article, I will be sharing with you one awesome tips on how you can be able to overcome the fear of public speaking.
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Overcome Your Fear
If doing something scares you, you tend to do everything within your power to avoid, doing that particular thing and in turn end up not getting any practice. When you don't practice enough, you can't get better, which will leave you being more terrified of that particular thing. So, it is better to break free of the fear cycle by being determined to overcome your fear. One way to break free from your fear, is by enrolling in a professional public speaking class. Make the decision right now, that you want to learn to speak confidently in public. Be willing to pay the price and go to any length to achieve your goal. When you have overcome your speaking anxiety, the better you will be at speaking confidently and then the further you will go in your career. That might even give you the chance to leap frog over others in your career field. So enroll in a professional public speaking class today.
Another way to overcome your public speaking fear, is by controlling your nerve. When we are nervous we tend to talk fast, talking fast during a speech, interferes with your breathing pattern which is not good. If you talk too fast, you will break less and feeling short of breath, which will make you panic and more susceptible to fear. You have to control your nerves and practice slowing down when you speak. By doing this, you will be more calm and relaxed to complete your presentation successfully. Learn to convert your nervous energy into positive energy. Being nervous is a form of adrenaline, which you can use in a positive way to help give an impassionate presentation. When you let go your stress & anxiety and relax, it eases your body and make you less tensed. Also, staying organized will help keep anxiety in check. When you organize all of your thoughts and materials, it helps you to be become more relaxed and calm, which will greatly reduce your speaking anxiety because you can better focus on the one thing at hand, which is giving a great public speech.
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